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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do Black women make per every dollar a man makes, according to Lalami in "Caste"?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 65 cents.
(c) 99 cents.
(d) 85 cents.

2. In "Tribe," what category does Lalami say Arabs fall under in the U.S.?
(a) White.
(b) Other.
(c) Black.
(d) Asian.

3. Lalami states that Trump's Muslim ban was another another attempt to maintain what?
(a) World power.
(b) The English language.
(c) White male privilege.
(d) White demographic dominance.

4. What is one way that Lalami suggests equal voting rights can be achieved?
(a) Making election days a holiday so people can have paid time off work to vote.
(b) Providing free transpiration on voting days.
(c) Banning literacy tests.
(d) Putting an end to poll taxes.

5. What event occurred while Lalami lived in Koreatown which made her feel closer to her neighbors?
(a) A pandemic.
(b) A drought.
(c) A wild fire.
(d) An earthquake.

6. Which Amendment, passed in 1868, gave Blacks citizenship status?
(a) The 4th Amendment.
(b) The 1st Amendment.
(c) The 5th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

7. Why does Lalami suspect her daughter quickly gave up speaking Arabic when they returned to the United States?
(a) She quickly forgot the language.
(b) Kids at school made fun of her.
(c) Because she had nobody to speak Arabic with.
(d) To feel a greater sense of belonging.

8. What year does Christine Blasey Ford say the event in her testimony occurred?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1982.

9. How does Lalami describe California's attitude toward the poor at the start of "Caste"?
(a) She says California is particularly generous toward the poor.
(b) She says California is particularly hostile toward the poor.
(c) She says California relies on the poor for government funding.
(d) She says California relies on the poor to do low-paying work.

10. In "Inheritance," what does Lalami say happened when she chose to write about being sexually harassed in her editor's office years earlier?
(a) Many readers offered emotionally support.
(b) A reader quickly questioned her honesty.
(c) Others began to share their stories.
(d) The columnist's identity was discovered and he was fired.

11. In what year was citizenship extended to Native Americans?
(a) 1864.
(b) 2014.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1724.

12. What country does Lalami say tends to place blame on poor people for their state of poverty?
(a) Spain.
(b) Morocco.
(c) America.
(d) Brazil.

13. What two adjectives does Lalami use to describe the "fiction" (112) of race?
(a) Alarming and Useless.
(b) Seductive and Elastic.
(c) Alluring and Frail.
(d) Foolish and Crippling.

14. How much was Lalami's first apartment in Los Angeles, which she describes at the start of "Caste"?
(a) $2500/month.
(b) $950/month.
(c) $150/month.
(d) $450/month.

15. What was Lalami's brother required to do as an adolescent that Lalami was not?
(a) Wash Dishes.
(b) Cook.
(c) Do Laundry.
(d) Run errands and do yard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lalami say was most impacted by the 1980s crack epidemic?

2. What was the median household income for Black households in 2017?

3. In "Tribe," what does Lalami say about the way non-dominant languages are viewed in the United States?

4. In "Tribe," who does Lalami say is the only constituency Trump never faulted for anything?

5. What issue did Lalami encounter in her first apartment in L.A.?

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